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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
THINGS OF BEAUTY.

A new form of bon-bon box in German
silver is in imitation of she'll, and is
carried in the pocket.
The most attractive of fancies appear
in the form of enameled bronze figures
of human kind and of birds and ami.
mails.
Bronzed baskets in braided wire, OF
Japanese fabrication, are so elastic as to
allow of their being bent in all direc-
tons.
New Japanese importations include
bronze inkStandS in form of the perSim-
mon. and showing the natural color OF
the fruit.
The dainty pond-lily pincushion has
its place in the prettily-furnshed cham
Der, where it blooms in white satin and
yellow plush.
From Japan comes the most pleasing
of lOtOS leaf designs in an olive set, the
spoon, like the bowl, being in this sem
blance and with stemlike handle.
A splendid Polar bear in silvered
bronze (S15 is among the earliest her
aids Of the merry Christmas rush, and
whose duty is to hold papers securely
down beneath his snOw-white paws.
An odd thing for paper weight is a
sleeping Zulu in cOlOred bronze, and
there is also wife and baby and other
Zulus of different sorts and conditions,
all evidently created for the same
service.
Bronze inkstands in the form of the
God BOdO suggest serious thoughts, and
swarming ones may be represented from
others of peculiar novelty in the shape
of beehIveS with foliage at the back.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
ARMY OF PAINTERS IN PARIS.
Over 5000 Artists in That City,
Their Female Models.

Some interesting statistics rela ting to
painters have lately been compiled.
According to these there are in Paris
about 5000 artists of the brush,Of whom
between 2,0O0 and 5000 are women and
800 are foreigners of various rationale
ties. About seventy of these are famous,
while the others are made up of persons
who paint for pleasure, of people who
are specially employed by the govern
ment, and of the producers of pot
boilers" who paint portraits and land
ScapeS for cheap picture dealers or for
foreign expectation.
The army of painters models in Paris
is a large one and increases day by day.
Many of these models are educated, and
sometimes become painters themselves
or efficient art critics whose Judgment
is often consulted even by eminent art
lists. The models are only employed be-
tween the ages of eighteen and nine
teen by painters of the nude. but some
of them find work until they are twenty
five or twenty-SiX, after which their
forms completely lose the grace and con-
tour of early growth.
are generally paid at the rate of from 10
francs to 25 francs per diem. The
most numerous of the models are the
Italian women, who are often preferred
to French because they are more tracta-
bic, for the model has often to sit or
stand immovable for hours, and this
the Parisienne is particularly disin-
clined to do.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
Artistic Decorations,

Hungarian embroidery in prismatic
effects, showing all the hues of the rain
bow, is the latest thing in hangings.
Wrought iron has entirely superseded
brass for articles of household use in
an which artistic appearance is desired.
There is a very silly craze just now
for white and gilt furniture. 1t looks
well only in rooms specially decorated to
receive it. -...,.,,., 4loat..L
Handsome lamps take the, place of
gas entirely in the "show'' rooms of
handsome houses. They necessitate an
extra hOusemaid.
The old classic patterns in which scroll
work and acanthus leaves figure prom
inently are now much used for decOrat-
ing handsome furniture.
The whilOm craze for japanese deco
rations has rather died out, but bed
room OF bOudOir furnished and Orna-
mented entirely in the Japanese fashion
is always thing of beauty. Hf
So-called India chairs are popular;
they are made of natural bamboo, the
pieces tied together with thongs of
leather and draped with rough and very
bright-colored fabrics.
Thin screens of wood cut into intricate
arabesques are now often applied to the
upper part of the universal square door
and window frames, thus giving them
any curved outlines that may be de-
sired,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
THE BEST EVER GIVEN.
What The Chicago News Says
About the Daughter of the Regi-
nlent.


Chicago Daily News.
1t is no great compliment to the Bos-
ton Ideals to say that the performance
of The Daughter of the Regiment at
the Grand last night was the best, from
a musical point of view, of any ever
given here in the name of this company.
Last night, for the first time in this city,
was DOnizetti's opera given in English
with an appointment of players and
singers somewhat adequate to the eff
fective Interpretation of the score.
The most notable improvement of the
present season over former ones of this
organization is in the orchestra, which
is nearly double its former numbers and
contains representatives of all the in
Struments required by the score. Be
sides an adequate number of players,
there is a new leader, in the person of
that Well-knOWn musician, formerly a
resident of this city. George LoeSch.
Mr.. LOeSch directs with great spirit, and
impartS to the lively numbers of this
opera the animation and sparkle prop
erly belonging to them. The volume of
tone in chorus and orchestra is far be-
yOnd that of former seasons, and the
quality is equal to the quantity, for the
chorus is fresh and musical as well as
telling i'll its effects. In this depart
ment sufficient force has been reached.
further improvement being more prop
erly sought in refinement of shading
and the like, for which there is still room.
The SCENE appointment was creditable.
Of course all these are but the setting
for the gems of the evening-the three
principal solo roles. those of the title
m fnnnT
Tonic. OF Miss de LuSSan enough has
been said. The role so well filled in the
Olden days by Jenny Lind, SOntag, AL
bani, Patti, and all the young, hand
some and gifted singers of the last forty
years, is once more adequately filled by
an artistic who. fine as she is at present,
has her career all before her. She made
her usual splendid effect last night in
France. l Adore Thee" but her pa
thetic singing in the aria of farewell
was in no way inferior. There is no
finer soprano upon the American Oper-
attic stage than Zelie de LuSSan. Clarke,
as Sergt. Sulpice, renewed his old sue
ceSSeS, his Interpretation of the role
being excellent in every way. MI. BaX-
ter, the young tenor, shows improve
ment over his former appearances. His
voice is of fine quality-a pure lyric
tenOr-and the volume of it is increas-
ing. He is also acquiring ease upon the
stage. He gives promise of becoming at
no distant day that lyric desideratum, a
new tenor, capable of the role of Faust.
The part of the Countess fell to Miss
Helen Dudley Campbell, who showed
herself well sehOOled and the pOsSeSsOr
of qualities of voice and personality
likely to render her a favOrite. Balm
bridge as Bruno comes near being
funny.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
PRETTY HOUSE GOWNS.
Awful Effect of a Japanese Robe
When Worn With a Bustie,

During the ''Mikado'' craze japanese
dresses were popular for morning wear
II ladies' own home S. They are again
cen this fall. and beside being comfort
able costumes, they are the handiest
hings possible whe n one is embroider-
ne, as the long. b angling, square sleeves
are practically pockets. Mrs. Langtry
never looks better than in Japanese
robe. She has one of slate gray silk, en-
broidered in gold sprays. She wears a
softhandkerc hief folded about her neck
and bosom. Then the robe laps across,
Just showing a few inches of the white
beneath. She sticks pearl-tipped
dagger pin in the breast of the dress,
twists her hair into loose knot on top
of her head and impales it on a golden
shaft tipped like the pin in her bosom.
This headgear harmOnizes with her cos
tune, and is becoming in the Lily. But
many aadies affect the Japanese robe
combined with such modern accOmpani-
ments as standing linen collars and even
bustles. POrtia tells US that 1.-The
quality of mercy is not strained" but it
would be were it made into a Japanese
gown and worn over a hustle.
A pretty invalid on whom the writer
called wore a lOOSe-fitting, princess
shaped dress, made of the snowy white
elder down cloth. Into a big darning
needle very narrow feather-edged rib
bon had been threaded, and with this
ribbon rows of feather stitch had been
embroid cred all about the hens, pock-
cts, cuffs and collar. The ribbon stitches
were about an inch long and the loosely
pulled loops laid up prettily on the
WOolly surface.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13

present were in this color, and it was
sometimes difficult to tell where the
gown ended and the pink, bare arms
and shoulders began. In the soft China
silks and crepeS this tint is very beauti-
full. 1t combines well with pale-green,
blue, lavender or bright-brOne, all of
which cOlOrS are worn as SaSheS IN MORE
ribbons eight or ten inches wide. These
SaSheS are tied loosely about the waist
in front, so that they rest on the hips
and do not mar the slenderneSS of the
waist. They are not tied in bow, but
in a sailOr-knOt, the ends falling to the
edge of the skirt.
So far this season the fancy seems to
be for bronze slippers and bronze silk
stockings, both thickly studded with
little bronze beads. This color goes
well with most of the light tints, but it
has little disadvantage, making the
foot look somewhat larger than when
dressed in black. However, most New
York girls have very slender feet and
could wear white stockings and slippers
with becoming grace. For the house
are shown quaint little crimson and blue
Egyptian slippers, with pointed toes
tipped with tasSels.
There is hardly dress made nova
days that is not profusely covered with
bows, both large and small. One piece
of ribbon of ten or twelve yards is used
in almost every gown. and on evening
dresses as many as six or seven pieces
are often made into profuse bows and
loops. Indeed, ribbon is one of the
most expensive items of dress, and some
times costs more than the material it
self
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13

spray of forget-me-nOts in pale blue
silk-tipped with yellow. Another fancy
is to make a twin-heart pin-cuShiOn,
two hearts tied together at the points.
They should both be of the same size
and sewed together firmly, the sewing
covered by a large bow of ribbon.
DiamOnd-Shaped twin cushions are
also artistic. Those made in pale-yel-
low satin and covered with dotted null
are especially so. The dots are worked
over with yellow silk and the edges
trimmed with narrow flounce Of tor
chOn lace: two yards of pale-yelloW rib
bon are tied between the two cushions.
Well-made cushions about seven inches
square and covered with strong muslin
may be purchased as cheap as they
could be made. A half yard of satin at
80 cents will cover them, and quarter
of yard of null, two yards of lace and
four penny SkeinS of silk will make the
covers. while yard and half or two
yards of ribbon will be needed for the
bow.
The newest sofa cushions are made
bag shaped out of the art silks, which
are to be found in every shop. They
are not at all expensive, and when the
proper cOlOrs are chosen add much to
the nice effect of a room. The soft
China silk in olive, with rings of dark
red and pale yellow intertwined, will go
well with most furnishing; and for
room with light furniture, nothing pref
tier than cream silk scattered with
moss rose buds, or pale yellow with
apple blossoms can be found. About
yard and half will be needed to make
a gOod-siZed cushion. First, make the
cushion out of a square piece of muslin
and fill it with soft, new feathers, or
better still, with down; do not make it
too stiff, but just full enough to stand
up. Then sew the silk to tit the bag,
hemming the opening with fine wide
hem; slip the feathered bag into it. and
with a broad piece of ribbon tie it
snugly at the opening.
Another way is to make the silk slip
five inches larger on all sides than the
inside cushion and to tie each corner
snug with ribbon. This gives pretty
effect, but is a trifle more expensive.
Such cushion should cost about S2.25.
The silk will be rs cents a yard, half
pound of feathers Is cents, and the rib
bon about 40 centS-nOt too much for so
pretty an article.
For a person afflicted with chronic
headache balSam pillow would prove
a blessing. One can be made at an eX-
pense of 81. The bags of balSam of the
usual size, about four inches long and
eight wide. will cost 80 cents, and half
yard of thin silk will be needed to cover
it. Either plain or fancy silk may be
used to cover it, and if the latter, pine
green, sky blue or cloud pink are nice
colors to use, and some suggestive in
scriptiOn such as ''Sweet sleep be
thine" or 1.-The murmuring pines and
the hemlOcks." should be embroidered
across one side.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
To Tickle the Palate.

Roasted Quails-Pluck, draw and
SINCE them; wrap them in vine leaves
and slices of bacon, wrap in buttered
paper; if the paper burns, put on more;
roast them until well Drowned and
serve them on pieces of toasted bread.
Bread FritterS-Cut thin, round slices
of bread. butter them very lightly,
spread with jam and stick together in
pairs. Fry in boiling lard, after dip.
ping in a batter of one egg, one pint of
milk, pinch of salt and flour enough
to make pancake batter.
Mock Mince Meat-One and One-half
cups Of powdered crackers. one cup
vinegar, two cups sugar, One-half cup
warm water, same of melted butter, one
cup currants if desired, one teaSpOonful
each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Potato Salad-One quart of small pO-
tatOes, two tableSpOOnfuls of chopped
onions, two of chopped parsley, four OF
'beets and enough of any OF the salad
dressings or clear vinegar to make 1T
slightly moist; to the latter, if used, add
a little butter. Keep in cool place until
ready to serve.
Suet Pudding fine three ounces
OF beef suet. same quantity of bread
crumbs, small pint of flour, pinch of
salt. Mix well, then add one teacup OF
preserves and enough water to make it
soft; then put in a Toured bag and boil
three hours. Any fruit can be used in
stead of preserves if preferred.
Cottage Cake-Three-fOurthS of a cup
of butter, one cup of white sugar, one
and one-half cups of flour, four eggs
l(yOlks and whites beaten separately,
one tablespoonful of sweet milk, one
and One-half tablespoonfuls of baking
powder, little salt; flavor with lemon =;
rub the baking powder into the flour.
flashed Sweet POtatOeS-Peel and cut
into medium thick slices three boiled
sweet potatoes. Cut each slice into
small dice. Fry teaspoonful of onion
in two teaspOonfuls of olive oil. Add to
the sweet potatoes. and when brown
turn out of the pan like an Omlet. Add
salt and pepper and serve. A minced
pepper is acceptable to many when
mixed with the foregoing,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
The Sanitary Woman.

The sanitary woman is abroad, says
Bah" in the New York Star. No
place is sacred to her, and no human
being is free from her fads. She tests
the air we breathe, the clothes we wear,
the friends we have, and tradition she
scorns as she does dust. l hate the
sanitary woman. l am perfectly willing
to live on. as did my grandmothers,
without knowledge of sanitary bless
ings. In fact. am rather given to be-
lieve that they are not blessings. She
is the most uncomfortable person of any
that can be imagined. On her arrival
in your house she carefully inspects the
plumbing, she criticises the food, unless
it belongs to the special health vari-
ETY. that she uphOlds. She UrieS to
convince you that you are not
clothed right and she is, and the fact
that she looks guy and you don't only
adds to her indignation, and nine times
out of ten, unless she is very well bred,
and really slightly insane, she manages
to call you frivolous female. 1t is a
curious thing, but in this world men,
unless they are cranks-and then, of
course, they are not men-like frivolous
females.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13

published in a magazine some years
since, in the Nineteenth Century L be-
lieve. M
The result of observations in the Arc
tic sea led me to believe that the so.
called paleocrystic ice of Mares. was
nothing but the fiat-topped icebergs OF
the south, an opinion which was con
firmed almost to certainty when il
Kane'S sea. while making the famous
boat journey to Sabine, found on au
enormous f1at-topped iceberg of the
famous paleocryStic ice couple OF
medal mOraines formed of large rocks
dragged down by the uniting glacier
from the adjacent cliffs in such manner
as any traveller can now see i'll the Alps
This proved cOncluSiyely that this ice OF
enormous extent and thousand feet OF
so in thickness. which the Southerly
running current of Kane sea shows
must come from the north. is simply a
detachment from the ice-cap of con
siderable land. which must be in the
vicinity of the North Pole. since ice OF
this character fills the frozen sea to the
nOrthward of Grinnell Land. The land
from which ice of such an enOr-
nous extent must flow can only
be one of very considerable eX-
tent, and the fact that the lines of strait
ficatiOn in these fiOebergs are invariably
parallel and regular shows concluSively
that the land is practically level. If
then we have reason to suppose that the
North Pole is simply an icecapped land.
it is certain that the foot of man can
never press it. If it is not ice-capped,
then it is within the range of possibility
or probability that the next century will
see the outlines of that unknown region
clearly defined upon the maps of the
world.
1t only needs the same degree of adj
vance until the end of 1850 that has
been made from 1850 to the present day.
to insure the desired result, but which.
if obtained, would be of doubtful value.
Science may profit in way, that Is, 1t
may add little to the enormous sum of
human knowledge by telling us whether
il is possible that life began at the North
Pole. or that the Garden of Eden-in
other words the point at which human
life first began, could really have been
at that or some neighbOring spot. Ger
tainly we know that at some adjacent
region pushed southwark along the
meridians of longitude, certain plants
and birds of which great naturaliStS
tell us could not have reached their
present locality otherwise than by foci
of origin near the poll.
The discovery of coal in Grinnell
Land, where it proved not to be mere
vein, but general in its distribution,
and the accompanying fossils of plants
and animals each show that a temporal
ture subtrOpical, if not tropical, existed
in that part of the world centuries ago,
and leads to the suggestion of theories
and opinions which | refrain from as be-
ing III no manner competent to discuss.
A. W. GREEDY.
Washington, Nov. IL.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
Sauces and Snippets.

Sauce is a good thing in everything
except ourselves.
In making any sauce put the butter
and -four in together and your sauce
will never be lumpy.
A few drops of lemon juice squeezed
on cold boiled ham gives it a greater
Zest and improves it vastly.
Pickles, well made, are better when a
year old than at the end of six months.
Never allow fresh meat to remain in
paper; it absOrbs the juices.
TO keep lemons: Cover with cold
water. changing every week; this makes
them more juicy.
Frozen beef tea will often be taken
by invalids, when they could not be in
duced td take it warm.
As general rule, the best meat is
that which is moderately fat.
In cooking a fowl, to ascertain when
it is done, put skewer into the breast,
and if the breast is tender the fowl is
done.
Good flour is not tested by its color.
White flour may not be the best. The
test of good flour is the amount OF water
it absOrbs.
To make hard sauce, take one-lIalf
pound of butter and three-quarterS
pound sugar. Stir it up to a light, stiff
white cream, then add one grated nut
meg, two tablespoonfuls brandy. Set
in pan and keep on ice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
Women in Sweden,

The last session of the Swedish rigs
dag was productive of several bills of
special interest to women. Herr F. 7.
Borg brought forward one to provide
for the election of independent
women on poor law boards and
school boards, and also that a
resolution should be passed by the
national health department that any
woman of full age could be elected on
the board of health. The first PROPOSE
ton was supported by the legal COM
mittee, which maintained that women
by disposition as well as experience
were fit to undertake the duties belong
ing to the guardianship of
the poor. They have long since
acquired knowledge and a practical
training in the case of the poor. of whom
moreover the larger proportion are
women and children. With regard to
the second proposal, the election of
women on school councils, the commit
tee considered it to be advisable, mas
much as women were teachers in every
district. As the motion passed through
the rigsdag, the second chamber voted
by l01 votes against n in favor of the
measure
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
listers and Newmarkets

Made of wool fabrics that are used for
dresses are made in two distinct styles.
These garments, in French designs, are
rather fanciful in effect, with sasheS at
the back, feather bands as garniture
for the entire wrap, skirts included, and
the fronts open over trim undervest.
The English garments have high, stand
ing collars, are of checked or striped
cloth, and are simple, severe long
coats. which outline the figure closely,
and are open up the belt to the back,
producing a cosy, graceful effect over
the tournure. The only attempt at dec
Grafton is the fancy hood at the back,
gaily lined. The close jockey cap, or
brimless capote, in melon shape, made
of cloth matched to the ulster, is the in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-13
QUEER QUERIES.

On an advertising envelope is the le-
gend Turn over and read the other
side" Does this infer that the recip-
lent is fiat on his back when he receives
it?-BOStOn Bulletin.
Why don't the firm that is constantly
advertising for a wide-awake. active
man open negotiations with some fellow
whose corn has been accidently stepped
on?-Merchant Traveller.
The question of the twilight hour
Are you sure the dog is tied?-BOston
Courier. The question of the (waking)
hour-Wont you build the fire this
morning, Jane?-Rahway Advocate.
What did the catnip?
What did the reptile?
Where did he scenic?
Who did satisfaction?
Where did the sunlight?
What did the clambake?-Waterloo
Observer.